The roles of sedimentation and plant growth in changing flow patterns in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

T. S. McCarthy; W. N. Ellery; K. H. Rogers; B. Cairncross; K. Ellery

The roles of sedimentation and plant growth in changing flow patterns in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

T. S. McCarthy, W. N. Ellery, K. H. Rogers, B. Cairncross, K. Ellery

University of the Witwatersrand

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Abstract

Individual distributaries of the Okavango Delta are subject to progressive blockage and ultimately are abandoned, on a time scale of fifty to one hundred years, and new channel systems form in consequence. -from Authors

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	579-584
Number of pages	6
Journal	South African Journal of Science
Volume	82
Issue number	10
Publication status	Published - 1986
Externally published	Yes

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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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The roles of sedimentation and plant growth in changing flow patterns in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

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